GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| lewd | obscene |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| broach | brooch |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |